Hanna Reitsch Autograph
Hanna Reitsch (29 March 1912 – 24 August 1979) was a German aviator and test pilot. Along with Melitta von Stauffenberg, she flight tested many of Germany's new aircraft during World War II and received many honors. Reitsch was among the very last people to meet Adolf Hitler alive in the Führerbunker in late April 1945. More about Hanna Reitsch
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Reitsch set more than 40 flight altitude records and women's endurance records in gliding and unpowered flight, before and after World War II. In the 1960s, she was sponsored by the West German foreign office as a technical adviser in Ghana and elsewhere, and founded a gliding school in Ghana, where she worked for Kwame Nkrumah.
Reitsch was born in Hirschberg, Silesia, on 29 March 1912 to an upper-middle-class family. She was daughter of Dr. Wilhelm (Willy) Reitsch, who was an ophthalmology clinic manager, and his wife Emy Helff-Hibler von Alpenheim, who was a member of the Austrian nobility. Despite her mother being a devout Catholic, Hanna was raised a Protestant. She had two siblings, her brother Kurt, a Frigate captain, and her younger sister Heidi. Reitsch began flight training in 1932 at the School of Gliding in Grunau. While a medical student in Berlin she enrolled in a German Air Mail amateur flying school for powered aircraft at Staaken, training in a Klemm Kl 25. Read even more about Hanna Reitsch at Wikipedia
Reitsch was born in Hirschberg, Silesia, on 29 March 1912 to an upper-middle-class family. She was daughter of Dr. Wilhelm (Willy) Reitsch, who was an ophthalmology clinic manager, and his wife Emy Helff-Hibler von Alpenheim, who was a member of the Austrian nobility. Despite her mother being a devout Catholic, Hanna was raised a Protestant. She had two siblings, her brother Kurt, a Frigate captain, and her younger sister Heidi. Reitsch began flight training in 1932 at the School of Gliding in Grunau. While a medical student in Berlin she enrolled in a German Air Mail amateur flying school for powered aircraft at Staaken, training in a Klemm Kl 25. Read even more about Hanna Reitsch at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Hanna Reitsch
The most expensive item with a signature of Hanna Reitsch (Hanna Reitsch German Aviation Pioneer 1st Female Test Pilot Autograph ''Rare'') was sold in July 2021 for $425.00 while the cheapest item (Hanna REITSCH worlds famous testpilot orig.signed, SPACE) found a new owner for $9.38 in May 2019. The month with the most items sold (2) was March 2012 with an average selling price of $148.50 for an autographed item of Hanna Reitsch. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2016 with $275.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $19.50 was March 2020. In average, an autographed item from Hanna Reitsch is worth $111.38.
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| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | German WWII Hanna Reitsch (†1979), Luftwaffe Test Pilot Autographed Signed | $75.00 | |
| German WWII Hanna Reitsch (†1979), Luftwaffe Test Pilot Autographed Signed | $159.00 | |
| German WWII Hanna Reitsch (†1979), Luftwaffe Test Pilot Autographed Signed | $159.00 | |
| Hanna Reitsch - famous german aviatrix and test pilot in WW II - SIGNED PC | $140.00 | |
| Hanna Reitsch - German WWII Luftwaffe Autographed Signed | $89.00 | |
| HANNA REITSCH famous German female WW2 pilot SIGNED LETTER + ENVELOPE | $86.00 | |
| HANNA REITSCH famous German female WW2 pilot SIGNED LETTER / THANKING CARD | $103.71 | |
| HANNA REITSCH FEMALE GERMAN AVIATOR & TEST PILOT SIGNED 1971 NEWSLETTER | $19.50 | |
| HANNA REITSCH GERMAN WWII FEMALE TEST PILOT DOUBLE SIGNED PHOTO W/ORIGINAL ENVE | $155.99 | |
| Hanna Reitsch hand signed envelope 1969 German woman Pilot | $20.00 | |
| Hanna Reitsch Signed Autograph Test Pilot Only Woman Awarded Iron Cross ''Rare' | $175.00 | |
| Hanna Reitsch Signed Photograph Test Pilot Only Woman Awarded Iron Cross ''Rare' | $250.00 | |
| Hanna Reitsch Signed Twice Photo Test Pilot Only Woman Awarded Iron Cross Rare' | $275.00 | |
| Signed photo Germany's leading women stunt & test pilot Hanna Reitsch | $79.99 | |
| Signed photo Luft test pilot Hanna Reitsch-Luft pilot observer badge in gold | $74.99 | |